The complainant has requested information relating to the Mathematical Computation Progamme at University College London (UCL). UCL provided information in response to the first thirteen questions of the request but withheld the information requested in the final unnumbered part of the request – documentation relating to applications – citing section 43(2)(commercial interests). The Commissioner’s decision is that UCL has correctly cited section 43(2) of the FOIA to withhold the requested information. However, UCL has breached section 10(1) of the FOIA by failing to respond to the information request within the statutory timeframe. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further steps.
FOI 43: Complaint not upheld FOI 10: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-65757
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 16 April 2022; Ref: scu.659802